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Thursday Feb 14, 2013

Wherein the music industry's Grammy awards and US President Barak Obama's state of the union address provide teachable moments for social media mavens. Plus: trends in workforce management and Big Data.

Social Media: 7 Social Media Lessons From the Grammys
Get smart insight into what Grammy organizers did right -- and wrong
-- before planning how to use social media for your own event. CNET

Study: C-Level Leaders Want HR Professionals to Look at Big Picture
CEOs and CFOs said they believe that the HR function’s expertise and
experience in people issues can help companies make difficult but
crucial staffing decisions in challenging economic times. Oracle

The Future of Work: Millennials Are Most Stressed Generation
Respondents age 18-33 reported highest levels of stress in a recent
study by the American Psychological Association. In fact, "slightly
more than 50 percent said that overwhelming worries disrupted their
sleep in the past month."
Los Angeles Times

Dealing With Data: Author Nassim N. Taleb On What To Watch For
"Modernity provides too many variables, but too little data per
variable. So the spurious relationships grow much, much faster than
real information. In other words: Big data may mean more information,
but it also means more false information." says author Nassim N. Taleb. Wired